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Stardust Foundation partners with Cronkite School to create high school newsrooms The Stardust Foundation is making a $510,000 grant to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University to fund a groundbreaking outreach initiative to create high school journalism programs in underserved communities in Arizona. Ten Arizona high schools will be selected to participate in the program. The Stardust program will create multimedia newsrooms in each school and help teach journalism skills and values to students and advisors. Schools interested in participating in the Stardust program should contact Anita Luera at 480.965.5477. UA publication is finalist for award Border Beat, an online publication produced by students in the University of Arizona’s Department of Journalism, has been named a finalist for the 2007 Online Journalism Awards presented by the Online News Association and the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. The online journalism awards will be presented in Toronto, Oct. 18-19. WSJ to launch new magazine T h e Wa l l S t r e e t J o u r n a l announced Monday that it will launch a glossy monthly magazine next year that it will distribute with the Saturday edition of the newspaper. The magazine, to be called “Pursuits,” marks the latest expansion of the Journal’s efforts to attract consumer advertising with coverage of leisure activities and lifestyle topics, following the launch of a Saturday edition of the paper two years ago. Stonybrook University to start center for news literacy New York’s Stony Brook University journalism school has announced plans to establish a Center for News Literacy, designed to educate news consumers on how to judge the reliability of news. The center will differ from media centers at other universities because its sole focus will be judging the credibility of news, as opposed to an exploration of broader media-related issues, university officials said. Teaching journalists to fight The Iraqi Journalists Union has announced that it is planning to offer martial arts and survival courses to help its members cope with the risks of life in the war-torn country. Reporters, photographers and television crews will also be taught how to lower their profile and conceal their equipment when they are traveling. Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based organization for the protection of journalists, says a total of 200 journalists have been killed in Iraq since 2003.
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You should check out ANA’s new members-only Web site
Gus Olavarria, graphic artist for The Sun (Yuma).
The Arizona Newspapers Association is proud to announce that we have officially gone live with the new “members only” part of our Web site at http://members.ananews.com. Through this Web site, our membership will be able to communicate and share with each other 365 days a year. Our new site has: Forums and listservs for communicating and sharing ideas; File libraries for posting information, questions, letters and more; Keep track of special seminars and events with Event Calendars, participate in polls and surveys and
stay up-to-date on Arizona newspaper news! We are excited about this new tool and look forward to it being another method of communication with our members. Instructions on how to log in are posted on our Web site and we’d like to encourage all newspaper staff members to check it out. We think that you will find our new site and tools valuable to your membership. If you have any questions about the new members-only site, contact us at our support address: web@ananews.com.
Better Newspapers Contest winners get happy The East Valley Tribune and Payson Roundup once again took the coveted award for Arizona Newspaper of the Year during the Arizona Newspapers Association’s 2007 Better Newspapers Contest. “They’ve won a few years in a row now, but the results have never been closer,” said ANA Interim Executive Director Paula Casey. Newspaper of the Year awards are calculated from honors won in the Excellence in Advertising Contest added together with winning entries from the Better Newspapers Contest. New this year are the “Photographer of the Year” and “Journalist of the Year” awards. Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star (daily newspaper division)and Mario Aguilar, Green Valley News and Sun (non-daily newspaper division) were named the ANA 2007 Photographer of the Year. Brady McCombs, Arizona Daily Star (daily) and John Dickerson, Scottsdale Times (non-daily) were named the ANA 2007 Journalist of the Year. This year, 66 Newspapers and 14 high schools entered in the Better Newspapers Contest for a total of 1,844 entries. The Better Newspapers Contest consists of nine categories that measure the overall quality of the newspapers and 13 categories that honor the individuals who contribute to journalism excellence. A special thanks to the Nevada Press Association, who graciously judged the entries in July.
You can find a complete list of winners, beginning on page six of this issue of ANAgrams. The awards were presented by Deputy Executive Director John
F. Fearing on Sept. 22, 2007 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The event concluded the ANA 2007 Fall Convention. We were pleased to see so many happy winners. Congratulations!
White Mountain Independent photographer Alec Pearce grins while holding up his first place award for Best Feature Photo Layout.
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ANA/Ad Services Board of Directors President John Wolfe One-Year Director/Non-Daily Independent Newspapers Inc. (Phoenix) (480) 497-0048.............................jsw11@aol.com First Vice President Dick Larson Two-Year Director/Daily Western Newspapers Inc. (928) 634-5898.............. dlarson@westernnews.com Second Vice President Michael Chihak One-Year Director/Daily Tucson Citizen (520) 806-7735............. mchihak@tucsoncitizen.com Third Vice President Tom Arviso Two-Year Director/Non-Daily Navajo Times (Window Rock) (928) 871-7359......... tomarviso@thenavajotimes.com Secretary/Treasurer Teri Hayt Two-Year Director/At-large Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (520) 573-4220...................... terihayt@tucson.com Directors Ginger Lamb Two-Year Director/Non-Daily Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix) (602) 258-7026........ ginger.lamb@azcapitoltimes.com Rick Schneider One-Year Director/Non-Daily Eastern Arizona Courier (928) 428-2560................ schneider@eacourier.com Ward Bushee Two-Year Director/Daily Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (602) 444-8087..... ward.bushee@arizonarepublic.com Don Rowley One-Year Director/Daily Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff) (928) 774-4545...................... drowley@pulitzer.net Elvira Espinoza Two-Year Director/At-large La Voz (Phoenix) (602) 444-3835........ elvira.ortiz@lavozpublishing.com Pam Mox Past President Green Valley News and Sun (520) 625-5511....................... pmox@gvnews.com
Arizona Newspapers Foundation Board of Directors The foundation is an educational, charitable nonprofit corporation for education. Its primary mission is to teach newspaper people and teachers how to use a newspaper in a classroom. Its goal in 2007 is to become revenue independent. Chairman of the Board Josie Cantu-Weber, Tucson Citizen (928) 453-4237............... jweber@tucsoncitizen.com Vice Chairman Joann Carranza (520) 730-4298.......................carranza57@cox.net Treasurer Lee Knapp, The Sun (Yuma) (928) 183-3333.................... lknapp@yumasun.com Secretary Pam Mox, Green Valley News & Sun (520) 625-5511...............................pmox@gvnews.com Directors L. Alan Cruikshank, Fountain Hills Times (480) 837-1925......................... alan@fhtimes.com Steve Doig, Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University (480) 965-0798....................... steve.doig@asu.edu Bret McKeand, Independent Newspapers, Inc. (623) 972-6101.......................... SCIbret@aol.com John Wolfe, Independent Newspapers Inc. (480) 497-0048...................................... jsw11@aol.com Jeff Weigand, Southwest Valley Sun (623) 386-7077................ jweigand@swvalleysun.com
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Executive Director’s annual report and more BY PAULA CASEY INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
First and foremost I would like to thank Pam Mox for her hard work and dedication during the past year as President of ANA’s Board of Directors. The year was full of changes, challenges, and growth for Arizona newspapers, and Pam’s leadership and friendship is truly appreciated by all. I would also like to welcome incoming President John Wolfe. I look forward to working with him for the next year. Following the theme started last year, our Committees have continued to be active and responsive to the needs of our members. The Legislative committee, or Public Policy committee, led by Teri Hayt, is actively working on strategies to counter the threat to Public Notices as well as the continual tracking of legislative issues as they pertain to Arizona newspapers. Our Marketing Committee
(led by Dick Larson and Sharon Schwartz) is working on new ways to bring revenues to our members. The creation of the searchable classified Aggregated Web Service (www. ClassifiedArizona. com) has progressed nicely with 41 AZ newspapers currently uploading ads. The available statistics show success for those members actively promoting the site and accepting classified ads through Verican’s online order system. The marketing committee is also working on other projects to promote newsprint and online advertising. For instance, we are currently compiling web ad rate cards from member newspapers in hopes of promoting those online advertising opportunities in conjunction with print ads. Another project, led by Cindy Meaux, is the collecting of political ad rates for the 2008 political season. Cindy hopes to have
Marketing, Member Revenue
Government / Public Policy
Objectives ANA revenue enhancements; Assist members with political advertising sales; ANA directory; Statewide online classified ads; Public Notice promotion; Effective communications to members; Digital archiving of newspapers; Recognize advertising business partners in ad awards contest; The Committee Dick Larson, Chairman, Western Newspapers; Steve Stevens, Today’s News Herald, Lake Havasu City; Lisa Miller, The Sun (Yuma); Mark Bollin, Green Valley News & Sun; Blake Dewitt, Western Newspapers; Cindy Meaux, Ad Placement Manager, ANA; Sharon Schwartz, Network Advertising Manager, ANA; John Alexander, Foothills Focus.
First Amendment Coalition
Objectives Provide journalists from member newspapers with educational information and a legal hot line for access issues. ANA is responsible for 12 seats on this board of directors. ANA Appointees Dan Burnette, West Valley View; Joseph Reaves, Arizona Republic; Terry Ross, Yuma Daily Sun; Josie Cantu-Weber, Tucson Citizen; David Bodney, Steptoe & Johnson; Ben Hanson, Daily Courier; Linda Wienandt, Associated Press; Mark Kimble, Tucson Citizen, and Kevin Kemper, University of Arizona.
Education Task Force
Objectives Conventions: Spring Marketing Workshop in May (Wed-Fri) and Fall Convention in October (Thursday-Saturday), First two days of both are computer training and half-day of sessions eliminated; Regional Education – Need trainers; On-line training -- too expensive? List Serves for various professions; NIE – fund raising; curriculum; marketing; Update Public notice laws and Ad guidelines; Constitution Day Sept.. 17 – create NIE material; NIE Training at conventions; half-day session; NIE Regional North/South full day NIE training. Additional volunteers needed. The Committee John Wolfe, Chairman, Green Valley News & Sun; Michael Chihak, Tucson Citizen; Pat Oso, Statewide NIE Coordinator, ANF; Paula Casey, Business Manager, ANA.
Objectives Build on 2003, including creating a formal plan for 2005/6; Re-craft Legislative Alert; Note key legislation that requires editor/publisher calls; Simplify way editors/publishers can send an e-mail to key legislators on issues; Create a grid noting each legislator’s committee assignments; Match legislative leadership to Editors & Publishers; Host Legislative Breakfast in January 2006 instead of Legislative Lunch in Fall; Further build allies/ government access groups; Continue “Public Access Counselor” legislation and emphasize “Training;” Support banning suits against public records requestors. The Committee Teri Hayt, Chairman; Independent Newspapers (Phoenix); Michael Chihak, Tucson Citizen; Janet DelTufo, Wickenburg Sun; Melanie Larson, The Explorer (Tucson); David J. Bodney, Steptoe & Johnson, Phoenix; Ward Bushee, Arizona Republic (Phoenix); Tom Arviso, The Navajo Times (Window Rock); Kevin Kemper, University of Arizona; John Moody, ANA Legislative Counsel, Miller, LaSota & Peters, Phoenix.
Awards Committee
Objectives Study contest entries and develop an online contest submission form; Study and reshape Hall of Fame criteria, make them less subjective and Improve bios; Work with the University of Arizona to improve the Zenger Award; FOI – broader distribution of news release to improve publicity; Improve ad agency category. The Committee Don Rowley, Chairman, The Sun (Yuma); Perri Collins, ANA; Paula Casey; Business Manager, ANA
Finance Committee
Objectives This committee reviews the monthly financial reports and questions the staff on budget variances, in order to report to the full board. It also is responsible for working with the staff to develop the annual budget for ANA and Ad Services. The Committee The secretary-treasurer, past president, and one additional director are appointed to the Finance Committee each year. Currently Michael Chihak, Tucson Citizen, is chairman; Mike Quinn, Past President, and Dick Larson, Western Newspapers, Inc.
marketing materials designed and ready for use by November. Awards committee led by Don Rowley and ANA Communications Manager, Perri Collins have added two new awards to our BNC presentation, that of Photographer and Journalist of the Year for a Daily and Non-Daily category. These awards certainly added some excitement to the awards presentation! Our Finance Committee led by Michael Chihak has continued to build up a reserve account which we started two years ago and should meet our goal by early next year. The Education committee led by John Wolfe came up with a great program for you at our Fall convention. Plans for 2008 have us moving to one meeting per year. This will be held October 10-11, 2008. Chris Callahan, Dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, has graciously extended and invitation to us to conduct our meeting at the new Cronkite School located in downtown Phoenix. We’re very excited to accept his CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
ANA Staff Interim Executive Director Paula Casey........................................... Ext. 102 p.casey@ananews.com Deputy Executive Director of Govt. Affairs John F. Fearing...................................... Ext. 105 j.fearing@ananews.com Media Buyer Cindy Meaux...........................................Ext. 112 c.meaux@ananews.com Network Advertising Manager Sharon Schwartz.................................... Ext. 108 s.schwartz@ananews.com Network Ad Sales Representative Don Ullmann...........................................Ext. 111 d.ullmann@ananews.com Advertising Services Assistant Kay Wilmoth........................................... Ext. 103 k.wilmoth@ananews.com Communications Manager Perri Collins.............................................Ext. 110 p.collins@ananews.com Statewide NIE Coordinator Pat Oso.................................................. Ext. 109 beartracks@cox.net Receptionist/Tearsheets Lorraine Bergquist...................................... Ext. 0 l.bergquist@ananews.com
Join a Committee If you would like to join a committee, ask your publisher to send an e-mail to p.casey@ananews. com. Your ideas are what makes this association valuable. Join a committee and make a difference!
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Words from a former ANA president
ANA annual report
BY PAM MOX GREEN VALLEY NEWS & SUN
invitation. Our award winning NIE program continues to grow under the direction of Pat Oso. We are very excited that Pat will be accepting the second place National Newspaper Association’s NIE award for excellence at the NNA convention in Norfolk, Va. Due to the diligence of Perri Collins, we have gone back to publishing ANAgrams on a monthly basis as well as starting the “This Week @ ANA” e-mail blast. This month, we have rolled out the new “Members-only” section of our Web site, which Perri will also manage. This will enable us to obtain our annual updates from newspapers via the Web. It will also give us the capability of hosting listservs, forums and polls, and give us
During my year as president, it has been my pleasure to work with the terrific ANA staff and a board of directors that is truly dedicated to this association. Our committees have continued to deliver results thanks to the knowledge and expertise of members representing a variety of newspapers across the state. The commitment of these volunteers, working to make our association the best it can be, has been outstanding. While John Fearing has moved into a less hectic position with ANA, I feel confident that Paula Casey as Interim Director, will lead us into 2008 with her steadfast hard work and integrity. ANA will have the best of both worlds with John’s watchful eye on the very important legislative work done by the association and Paula’s direction. Your association is sure to continue its success. In 2007, our NIE program won national recognition with the National Newspaper Association. The comments of the judges included, “The tabs are phenomenal, the supplements offer newspapers flexibility in presentation, and the onsite workshops to nine outside areas that never before offered NIE programs shows that you are reaching out to communities that need this program”. Congratulations Pat Oso. Our emergency reserves have continued to progress toward our 3 year goal, so that the association can sustain itself in the event of revenue slowing. Maintaining membership
services is a top priority of your association, so being prepared is essential. The fantastic marketing committee has increased participation in the statewide aggregated classified network to 41 and followed up with the metrics newspapers needed to monitor the results. If you have not signed up for this program yet or you would like to join in the marketing committee efforts, contact ANA Network Advertising Manager Sharon Schwartz or Dick Larson, Western Newspapers. Our digital archive program is active and ANA has photographed pages for two members. Now scanning pages for newspapers from bound editions is making it possible for community newspapers to have a digital archive of their entire history. For information on this program please contact Paula Casey. We encourage your feedback on all of our services and urge you to offer suggestions for our educational and training sessions. The challenges are many but we can face them together by sharing the knowledge and experience we have with each other. ANA provides that format and will continue to do so with your support and membership. I am thankful for the privilege of working with these fine dedicated people and hope to continue for a long time. I encourage you to donate your time, ask questions, and find answers as we help each other. This is your association and you alone can make a difference.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 a file repository. And member will be able to register online for future meetings, directly from the Web. On top of all these accomplishments, we have only completed twothirds of the year, and although it is difficult to represent any specific financial figures so far, in general terms…YTD revenues are ahead of last year. This is extraordinary because last year was our best year ever, and this one is shaping up to be just as good! Expenses are up slightly due to adding 1.5 salaries to the ANA staff. Even with this, we forecast 2007 to be one of our best years ever. In closing, please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or suggestions. I look forward to meeting and speaking with you in the coming year.
National Newspaper Week October 7-13, 2007 is National Newspaper Week. You can access materials for this year’s National Newspaper Week by going to www. kypress.com/nnwkit. Fees for materials have been paid for by ANA. The theme for this year ’s National Newspaper Week is “Public Notices in Newspapers. Because Good Government Depends on It.” Protecting the public’s right to know through publication of public
notices in newspapers is an issue of importance nationwide. That right to know is under attack in many states and it is important to remind our readers about the value of government public notices. Besides the materials on the NNW site, think of ways you can promote public notices during National Newspaper Week. Promote more awareness and readability of public notices in your newspaper.
Photo editor Gary Gaynor retires Assistant Photo Editor Gary Gaynor has retired from the Tucson Citizen after 39 years of bringing spot news photos to readers. Now, after almost four decades of going the extra mile for the sake of fairness, the First Amendment and the photo, Gaynor will take on a new role. “I’m going to be the greatest househusband ever,” he said. Best wishes. The Citizen will not be the same without you.
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2007 Better Newspapers Contest winners GENERAL EXCELLENCE Non-Daily circulation under 3,500 1. San Pedro Valley News-Sun 2. Arizona Capitol Times Arizona Range News 3. Camp Verde Journal Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Payson Roundup 2. White Mountain Independent 3. Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. The Business Journal 2. West Valley View 3. Scottsdale Times Daily circulation under 25,000 1. Sierra Vista Herald 2. The Sun (Yuma) 3. Daily News-Sun Daily greater than 25,000 1. The Arizona Republic 2. Arizona Daily Star 3. East Valley Tribune
Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Tucson Weekly 2. The Business Journal 3. Scottsdale Times Daily under 25,000 1. Sierra Vista Herald 2. The Sun (Yuma) 3. None awarded Daily greater than 25,000 1. Tucson Citizen 2. Arizona Daily Star 3. The Arizona Republic
2007 Newspaper of the Year East Valley Tribune (Daily newspaper)
REPORTING & NEWSWRITING EXCELLENCE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. San Pedro Valley News-Sun 2. Camp Verde Journal 3. Arizona Capitol Times Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Verde Independent/The Bugle 2. Sedona Red Rock News 3. White Mountain Independent Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. The Catholic Sun 2. The Business Journal 3. West Valley View Daily under 25,000 1. Mohave Valley Daily News 2. Sierra Vista Herald 3. Daily News-Sun Daily greater than 25,000 1. The Arizona Republic 2. East Valley Tribune 3. Arizona Daily Star
DEPARTMENTAL NEWS & COPYWRITING EXCELLENCE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Tombstone Epitaph 2. Arizona Range News 3. Arizona Capitol Times Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Payson Roundup 2. White Mountain Independent 3. Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Scottsdale Times 2. West Valley View 3. Tucson Weekly Daily under 25,000 1. Mohave Valley Daily News 2. Sierra Vista Herald 3. The Sun (Yuma) Daily greater than 25,000 1. Tucson Citizen 2. The Arizona Republic 3. Arizona Daily Star PAGE DESIGN EXCELLENCE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Arizona Range News San Pedro Valley News-Sun Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Payson Roundup 2. Jewish News of Greater Phoenix 3. Eastern Arizona Courier
Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Payson Roundup 2. White Mountain Independent 3. Sedona Red Rock News Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Navajo Times 2. West Valley View 3. The Business Journal Daily under 25,000 1. Sierra Vista Herald 2. The Daily Courier 3. Daily News-Sun
SPECIAL SECTION, NEWSPAPER SUPP. OR MAGAZINE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Arizona Capitol Times – Best of the Capitol Mall 2006 2. San Pedro Valley News-Sun – 2006 Year in Review 3. The Coolidge Examiner – Calvin Coolidge Days Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Payson Roundup – Progress 2007 2. Verde Independent/The Bugle – Verde Valley Guide 3. Jewish News of Greater Phoenix – Style Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. The Business Journal – Block by Block 2. West Valley View – Transforming the Desert 3. The Business Journal – Luxury Living Daily under 25,000 1. The Sun (Yuma) – Lives on the Line 2. Sierra Vista Herald – Our Community 2007 3. The Sun (Yuma) – 4dunners Daily greater than 25,000 1. Tucson Citizen – Basketball 06 2. Arizona Daily Star – Spring Training 3. East Valley Tribune – At Home NEWSPAPER ONLINE SITE/ WEB PAGE
Payson Roundup (Non-daily newspaper)
EDITORIAL PAGE EXCELLENCE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Lake Powell Chronicle 2. Camp Verde Journal 3. San Pedro Valley News-Sun Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Payson Roundup 2. Rim Country Gazette 3. Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Tucson Weekly 2. West Valley View 3. Sonoran News Daily under 25,000 1. The Daily Courier 2. None awarded 3. None awarded Daily greater than 25,000 1. The Arizona Republic 2. East Valley Tribune 3. Arizona Daily Star BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Maricopa Monitor 2. Sand Pedro Valley News-Sun 3. Camp Verde Journal
Daily greater than 25,000 1. East Valley Tribune 2. Arizona Daily Star 3. The Arizona Republic COMMUNITY SERVICE/ JOURNALISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. The Copper Era 2. The Coolidge Examiner 3. Arizona Capitol Times Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Sedona Red Rock News 2. Payson Roundup 3. White Mountain Independent Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Scottsdale Times 2. Tucson Weekly 3. West Valley View Daily under 25,000 1. Sierra Vista Herald 2. Daily News-Sun 3. Casa Grande Dispatch Daily greater than 25,000 1. The Arizona Republic 2. East Valley Tribune 3. Arizona Daily Star
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Copper Basin News 2. Arizona Range News 3. Lake Powell Chronicle Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. White Mountain Independent 2. Payson Roundup 3. Fountain Hills Times Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Scottsdale Times 2. The Business Journal 3. The Catholic Sun Daily under 25,000 1. Daily News-Sun 2. The Sun (Yuma) 3. Sierra Vista Herald Daily greater than 25,000 1. The Arizona Republic 2. Arizona Daily Star 3. East Valley Tribune BEST HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER
Scholastic Division: Large Schools (4A & 5A) 1. The Crusader Salpointe Catholic High School 2. The Cornerstone Carl Hayden High School Sunrise Corona Del Sol High School 3. Demon Dispatch Greenway High School Scholastic Division: Small Schools (3A & smaller) 1. The Voice Green Fields Country Day School 2. None awarded 3. None awarded
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BEST HEADLINE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Walter Mares, The Copper Era Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Salvatore Caputo, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix 2. Ella Garrett, Sedona Red Rock News 3. Autumn Phillips, Payson Roundup Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Linda Bentley, Sonoran News 2. Dale Brown, The Business Journal Daily under 25,000 1. Mark Bogard, Kingman Daily Miner 2. Greg Bucci, Mohave Valley Daily News 3. Larry Lockhart, Casa Grande Dispatch Daily greater than 25,000 1. Jim Maish, Arizona Daily Star 2. Dave Skog, Arizona Daily Star 3. Rebecca Dyer, East Valley Tribune BEST NEWS STORY
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Christian Palmer, Arizona Capitol Times – “Dirty campaign muddies hog farm issue” 2. Carol Broeder, Arizona Range News – “Quick thinking under fire” 3. Thelma Grimes, San Pedro Valley News-Sun – “Benson no-bid remodeling“ Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 2. Judy Hayes, White Mountain Independent – “Student overdose” 3. Jim Keyworth, Rim Country Gazette – “Rim Club trucking Star Valley water” Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Saxon Burns/Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly – “Dead reckoning” 2. John Dickerson, Scottsdale Times – “Depths of evil” 3. Michael Marizco, Tucson Weekly – “Corridor of killing” Daily under 25,000 1. Bill Hess, Sierra Vista Herald – “Dueling protest” 2. Joanna Dodder, The Daily Courier – “Former Senate candidate’s company files bankruptcy” 3. Bill Hess, Sierra Vista Herald – “Memorial road damaged” Daily greater than 25,000 1. Brady McCombs, Arizona Daily Star – “Border agent shoots illegal entrant” 2. David Teibel/Sheryl Kornman, Tucson Citizen – “CPS investigated autistic boy’s abuse” 3. Claudine LoMonaco, Tucson
Citizen – “Tuition for children of illegal immigrants” BEST SUSTAINED COVERAGE OR SERIES
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Jim Small, Arizona Capitol Times – Illegal immigration 2. Thelma Grimes, San Pedro Valley News-Sun – Smith Ranch 3. Carol Broeder/Ainslee Wittig, Arizona Range News – Nursing home closure Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Teresa McQuerrey, Felicia Megdal, Max Foster and Carol La Valley, Payson Roundup – Affordable housing 2. Michael Maresh, Felicia Megdal and Teresa McQuerrey, Payson Roundup – Meth 3. Mara Reyes, White Mountain Independent – Question 400 Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Cindy Yurth, Navajo Times – Housing fiasco 2. Saxon Burns, Tucson Weekly – Greyhound 3. Robin Clayton, West Valley View – Copper thefts Daily under 25,000 1. Jonathan Clark, Sierra Vista Herald – Border agent shoots unarmed man 2. Nicholas Wilbur, Kingman Daily Miner – Wells 3. Patrick Roland, Daily News-Sun – HIV & Aids over 50 Daily greater than 25,000 1. Brady McCombs/Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star – Sealing our border 2. Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic – Arizona rivers 3. Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic – Arizona housing boom BEST SPORTS STORY
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Nick Ruland, Camp Verde Journal – “Clutch performer Pacheco endured hardships” 2. Daniel Dullum, Florence Reminder and Blade-Tribune – “Determined wrestler sees no obstacle to his success” 3. Ainslee Wittig, Arizona Range News – “Olympic cyclist honored” Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Ryan Winslett, Fountain Hills Times – “When the math doesn’t add up” 2. Keith Morris, White Mountain Independent – “Setback moti vates Show Low Wrestler”
3. Nick Ruland, Sedona Red Rock News – “Sedona resident has dramatic transformation” Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. John Dickerson, Scottsdale Times – “Rolling thunder” 2. Chris Casacchia, The Business Journal – “Gaining an edge” 3. Marc Buckhout, Peoria Today – “Curtain Call” Daily under 25,000 1. Derek Miller, The Sun (Yuma) – “Italian Stallion” 2. Derek Miller, The Sun (Yuma) – “The Farm Team” 3. Jonathan Clark, Sierra Vista Herald – “Baseball over politics” Daily greater than 25,000 1. Ryan Finley, Arizona Daily Star – Tuitama’s concussion 2. Patrick Finley, Arizona Daily Star – “Gymnast lands on head” BEST TEAM, SPORT OR SPORTS BEAT COVERAGE
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Thelma Grimes, San Pedro Valley News-Sun Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Keith Morris, White Mountain Independent 2. Nick Prevenas, Sahuarita Sun 3. Salvatore Caputo, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Casey Prichard, West Valley View 2. Casey Begody, Navajo Times 3. Nick Prevenas, Green Valley News and Sun Daily under 25,000 1. Matt Hickman, Sierra Vista Herald 2. Mark Saxon, The Sun (Yuma) 3. David Hirigoyen, The Daily Courier Daily greater than 25,000 1. Ryan Finley, Arizona Daily Star 2. Patrick Finley, Arizona Daily Star 3. Anthony Gimino, Tucson Citizen BEST NEWS FEATURE STORY
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Jeanie Bergen, Tombstone Epitaph – “Caring clinic offers border help” 2. Bill Coates, Arizona Capitol Times – “Collared urban creatures” 3. Bill Coates, Arizona Capitol Times – “Round the clock justice” Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Mara Reyes, White Mountain Independent – “Double lung transplant” 2. Tyler Midkiff, Sedona Red Rock
Mario Aguilar Green Valley News and Sun
Greg Bryan Arizona Daily Star
John Dickerson Scottsdale Times
Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star
ANA 2007 Journalist and Photographer of the Year
News – “Grateful Fred” Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Tim Vanderpool, Tucson Weekly – “Borderline tragedy” 2. Curtis Cartier, Lumberjack – “Prescription stimulants” 3. Cindy Yurth and Donovan Quintero, Navajo Times – “Uranium comp office” Daily under 25,000 1. M.J. Smith, Mohave Valley Daily News – “Dodging death” 2. Patrick Roland, Daily News-Sun – “Meth: Equal opportunity” 3. Bill Hess, Sierra Vista Herald – “Canine comrade” Daily greater than 25,000 1. Chris Hawley, The Arizona Republic – “Life of long hours, low pay” 2. Mary Reinhart, East Valley Tribune – “Our busiest ER” 3. Mark Flatten, East Valley Tribune – “What Indian money buys” BEST LIFESTYLE FEATURE STORY
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Carol Broeder, Arizona Range News – “Mary Leighton retires” 2. Ainslee Wittig, Arizona Range News – “Unconventional medicine” 3. Thelma Grimes, San Pedro Valley News-Sun – “Jack Kleine” Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Tyler Midkiff, Sedona Red Rock News – “Sculptor create volatile art” 2. Carol La Valley, Payson Roundup – “A promise fulfilled” 3. Ella Garret, Sedona Red Rock News – “Out of Africa” Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. John Dickerson, Scottsdale Times – “Cosmetic vacation” 2. Eduardo Bernal, La Voz – “El tango es de dos” 3. Cindy Yurth, Navajo Times – “Northern exposure” Daily under 25,000 1. Dominika Maslikowski, Mohave Valley Daily News – “Fighting the high cost of medicine” 2. Dana Cole, Sierra Vista Herald – “Changed life” 3. Alice Popovici, Mohave Valley Daily News – “Prom Season” Daily greater than 25,000 1. Sarah Garrecht Gassen, Arizona Daily Star – “Becoming bionic” 2. Sarah Mauet, Arizona Daily Star – “B&B dream come true” 3. Michael Grady, East Valley Tribune – “Neighbor knowledge”
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Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Kathy Hall, Maricopa Monitor 2. Jane Amari, Arizona Range News 3. Mark Cowling, Florence Reminder and Blade-Tribune Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Aimee Staten, Eastern Arizona Courier 2. Nate Hansen, Sedona Red Rock News 3. Jim Keyworth, Rim Country Gazette Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Tom Danehy, Tucson Weekly 2. Don Sorchych, Sonoran News Daily under 25,000 1. Rich Thurlow, Kingman Daily Miner 2. Nicholas Wilbur, Kingman Daily Miner 3. Alan Levine, Casa Grande Dispatch Daily greater than 25,000 1. Anne Denogean, Tucson Citizen 2. Billie Stanton, Tucson Citizen 3. Le Templar, East Valley Tribune BEST COLUMN, FEATURE OR CRITICISM
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Lindsey Gemme, Maricopa Monitor 2. Walter Mares, The Copper Era 3. Alan Levine, Maricopa Monitor Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Greg Tock, White Mountain Independent 2. Ryan Winslett, Fountain Hills Times 3. Jim Keyworth, Rim Country Gazette Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Catherine O’Sullivan, Tucson Weekly 2. James Digiovanna, Tucson Weekly 3. Connie Tuttle, Tucson Weekly Daily under 25,000 1. Brad Fuqua, The Daily Courier 2. David Hirigoyen, The Daily Courier 3. Greg Bucci, Mohave Valley Daily News Daily greater than 25,000 1. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic 2. Michael Grady, East Valley Tribune 3. Howard Seftel, The Arizona Republic
Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Donovan Quintero, Navajo Times 2. Paul Natonabah, Navajo Times 3. Mario Aguilar, Green Valley News and Sun Daily under 25,000 1. Terry Ketron, The Sun (Yuma) 2. Terry Ketron, The Sun (Yuma) 3. Jeff Mangum, Mohave Valley Daily News Daily greater than 25,000 1. Ralph Fresco, East Valley Tribune 2. James Wood, Arizona Daily Star 3. James Wood, Arizona Daily Star BEST SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH
Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Dave Brown, Arizona Range News 2. Keith Anderson, Camp Verde Journal 3. Dave Brown, Arizona Range News Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Andy Staten, White Mountain Independent 2. Ryan Winslett, Fountain Hills Times 3. Brian Wright, Eastern Arizona Courier Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Chuck Baker, Apache Junction/ Gold Canyon News 2. Mollie J. Hoppes, Peoria Today 3. Michael Clawson, West Valley View Daily under 25,000 1. Jeff Mangum, Mohave Valley Daily News 2. Pete Pallagi, Daily News-Sun 3. JC Amberlyn, Kingman Daily Miner Daily greater than 25,000 1. David Wallace, The Arizona Republic 2. Val Cañez, Tucson Citizen 3. David Sanders, Arizona Daily Star
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Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Keith Anderson, Camp Verde Journal 2. Bill Coates, Arizona Capitol Times 3. Dave Brown, Arizona Range News Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Bob Burns, Fountain Hills Times 2. Donna Newman, Golden Valley Gazette 3. Alec Pearce, White Mountain Independent Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Ray Thomas, West Valley View 2. Mario Aguilar, Green Valley News and Sun 3. Ray Thomas, West Valley View Daily under 25,000 1. JC Amberlyn, Kingman Daily Miner 2. Jeff Mangum, Mohave Valley Daily News 3. Oscar Perez, Casa Grande Dispatch Daily greater than 25,000 1. Dean Knuth, Arizona Daily Star 2. Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star 3. Ralph Fresco, East Valley Tribune
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Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Jeanie Bergen, Tombstone Epitaph 2. Keith Anderson, Camp Verde Journal 3. Carol Broeder, Arizona Range News Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Alec Pearce, White Mountain Independent 2. Alec Pearce, White Mountain Independent 3. Richard Haddad, Payson Roundup Non-Daily greater than 10,000 1. Donovan Quintero, Navajo Times 2. Donovan Quintero, Navajo Times 3. Michael Clawson, West Valley View Daily under 25,000 1. Jeff Mangum, Mohave Valley Daily News 2. LJ Frink, Today’s News-Herald Daily greater than 25,000 1. Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star 2. Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star 3. Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
Carol Broeder (Arizona Range News), Ainslee Wittig (Arizona Range News), Thelma Grimes (San Pedro Valley News-Sun) and David Brown (Arizona Range News).
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Non-Daily under 3,500 1. Walter Mares, The Copper Era 2. Thelma Grimes, San Pedro Valley News-Sun 3. Bill Coates, Arizona Capitol Times Non-Daily 3,500 to 10,000 1. Jason Pettifield, Payson Roundup 2. Elizabeth Jackman, Peoria Times 3. Alec Pearce, White Mountain Independent
A happy group from the West Valley View at the ANA Better Newspapers Contest awards reception. The West Valley View took home 12 awards this year.
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Journalist, family man, friend BY BILL GOODYKOONTZ THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
Arizona Republic film writer Bill Muller was truly a man for all seasons. Man. Muller would have hated that kind of writing. I can hear his drawl now, the words swimming through the sarcasm: “Nice. Don’t you have any more cliches to trot out? Hold on, let me get my thesaurus.” And he’s right. I’m chastened again. So let’s give it another shot. Bill Muller was the film writer so many of you read every Friday while trying to figure out which movie to see. Before that, you may remember him as a top-flight investigative reporter. He was a great journalist - journalist being a word we both avoided for how highfalutin it sounds, but one that fits here. He was also what you couldn’t read in the words of his reviews but often could discern between the lines: a great husband, father and friend, as well. He was 42 when he died Sept. 6. You learned a lot about the man from reading what he wrote: his populist streak, his absolute lack of interest in anyone putting on airs of any kind, his sense of humor. I like to think of him standing there with a giant pin, ready to pop whatever balloons of arrogance and self-importance floated by, a look of devilish glee on his face. The read-between-the-lines business is crucial to take full measure of him: his loyalty, his commitment, his passion for...well, just
my speed dial - and called him. Driving home from hospice after he died, my initial reaction was to call Bill Muller to tell Bill Muller that Bill Muller was dead. Sounds screwy. But we talked about everything. Whom else would I call to break the news? Muller and I had a lot in common: both Southerners who retained their accents, both huge sports fans (both had cool gigs there for a time - me writing a column about sports Movie critic, 5-star husband and beloved coworker Bill on television, him writing Muller died Sept. 6, 2007 after his battle with cancer. about fantasy football), both started in news but about anything that struck his fancy. wound up with great jobs in the If you had an hour to kill, you might features department, both had small just casually mention who you were children we took turns bragging thinking of drafting for your fantasy- about. I had been the TV writer for football team. An hour only because a year or so when he came on board that’s about all most people could as the movie writer. And then the fun really began. stand - at that point you’d probably This gave us, of course, even start making excuses to disengage. more to talk about, and we carved He could, and would, talk about anything with anybody. The birth of each other up pretty good over our his two children naturally gave him a reviews and columns and such. Or, wealth of new material. He loved his I should say, he carved me up pretty family and wasn’t shy about saying good. He could be brutal, in a hilariso. Pictures of his wife, Deborah, ous sort of way. I’d try to respond in and Maddie and Hudson still cover kind, but eventually just would give most of the available space on his up and say, ‘Look, there’s a typo.’ No desk. He routinely brought in new way to keep up. There’s not enough of that ones, already framed, ready for diskind of thing anymore. Newsrooms play - but only after he showed them aren’t the rough-and-tumble places around first. I can’t tell you how many times they once were, and who knows, in the past week I’ve almost grabbed maybe they shouldn’t be. But hangthe phone - all his numbers are still on ing around Muller was a throwback experience. He didn’t wear a fedora with a card that said “PRESS” in the hatband, but he certainly had that
ANA elects president, adds two new board members
John Wolfe
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The Arizona Newspapers Association held its annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, where the membership voted to approve the list of 2007-2008 directors, which included new directors Rick Schneider, publisher of the Eastern Arizona Courier, and Ginger Lamb, vice president and publisher of the Arizona Capitol Times as new members of the board. John Wolfe, Indepedent Newspapers, took the position of president, after serving on the ANA Ginger Lamb board of directors for the past seven years. We look forward to their leadership during the next year.
kind of aura. For his part, Bill was open to criticism, as hard or harder on himself than anyone else ever could be. He took great pride in his writing, with good reason. He worked at it, hard, fiddling with words until he had them lined up just the way he wanted them. He also worked his tail off. Bill could also be stubborn, hardheaded, which served him well when he was pursuing stories. Not the type to back down. These past few months, those qualities served him even better. He didn’t broadcast it, but he faced treatments and surgeries that were far more daunting than even most of his friends and co-workers knew. Yet he just incorporated them into his day, as if another doctor’s appointment or treatment or lab visit was just one more item on his list of things to do. Go to a screening, go to a treatment, write a story, go to Maddie’s soccer practice, go home. No big deal. Want to have a beer later? The last couple of weeks were especially tough. But his attitude toward his life and his illness made it a little easier on everyone. Friends gathered around him constantly. I don’t know how often visitors to a hospice are told to quiet down because their talk and laughter is too loud, but it happened to us. Oh, and Bill would have loved this: turns out they let visitors have beer in hospice. This was not just a theoretical discovery, either. That’s classic Muller stuff loud, funny and, underneath all that, really meaningful. It was a gift to all of us. I was lucky to be a part of that. I was lucky to know him. And luckier still to be his friend.
Scottsdale native joins staff of West Valley View Michael Famiglietti has joined the West Valley View as a staff writer covering Litchfield Park and crime. Famiglietti earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University. Before graduation, he held internships at The Arizona Republic, Arizona Highways, and Scripps Howard Foundation Wire in Washington, D.C. Famiglietti covered government for the State Press while he was a student at ASU. A native of Scottsdale, Famiglietti said his favorite hobby is covering politics.
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VanderKraats promoted Pam Miller, the publisher and CEO of Verde Valley Newspapers, has announced the promotion of Shelly VanderKraats to advertising manager. She will manage the 12 members of the sales department at all Verde Valley Newspapers locations. VanderKraats has been an advertising representative for the newspaper for three years. She holds a degree in photojournalism. “We look forward to Shelley joining the management team,” Miller said. “She has worked really hard and has been an asset.”
“I’m really excited,” VanderKraats said. “This shows our newspaper is growing. I’m pleased to be a part of it.” VanderKraats said the staff at the newspaper is great to with. “I’m honored to work with such a dedicated group of people,” she said. VanderKraats said one of the most exciting aspects of her new job is the growth in the Verde Valley. “I’m excited to be part of that growth,” she said. “Our paper will continue to grow with the Verde Valley.” VanderKraats began working in her new position on Sept. 1.
Judge rules ex-congressman must pay newspaper’s legal fees A judge ordered former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit to pay the legal fees a newspaper ran up defending itself against his failed defamation lawsuit. Judge Kristin Hoffman of Maricopa County Superior Court awarded the Sonoran News $42,680 in attorneys’ fees and costs. In July, Hoffman dismissed Condit’s suit involving a 2005 story by the weekly newspaper about one of his brothers. At issue was a sentence in the story that said Condit lied to investigators about his relationship with a Washington intern who disap-
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peared and was found dead. Condit, a California Democrat, served 13 years in Congress before losing re-election in 2002 after the disappearance of the intern, Chandra Levy, whose remains were found in May 2002 in a Washington park. Condit denied involvement in Levy’s death and was not charged. Hoffman ruled that Condit was a public figure, had failed to prove that the statement was false and had failed to show that the newspaper published it with either knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard as to its truth.
Could you use a little more money? Have you checked out www. ClassifiedArizona.com? As you may know from previous articles in ANAgrams, the Arizona Newspapers Association has been working with Verican, Inc. in the development of the Arizona Classified Aggregation Web Service. Our efforts, with the support of ANA’s marketing committee, are showing great success! There are currently 41 member newspapers participating in the aggregation. Fifteen of those newspapers, representing 10 sites, are accepting print and online ads through Verican’s online entry system. In August, ads placed through this system totaled $50,697. Furthermore, the five newspaper sites who have used Verican’s online entry system since the first of this year have accumulated sales of $287,376. Of course, newspapers who are promoting the Web site in print and strategically placing the ClassifiedArizona button on their Web pages are experiencing the highest amount of traffic. That means more opportunity to upsell a print + Web classified ad. Advertisers who place their own ads online traditionally spend more... Up to 50 percent more! Can you afford to let this opportunity pass you by? Visit ClassifiedArizona.com and see Arizona newspapers in action. If your newspaper is not yet taking advantage of this opportunity, please call Sharon Schwartz at (602) 261-7655 ext. 108 and get informed!
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NewspaperNext makes a stop in Tempe Newspaper Next, an ambitious, year-long project undertaken by the American Press Institute to research and test viable new business models for the newspaper industry, is holding a workshop on Oct. 26, 2007, at Arizona State University. The newspaper industry is at a strategic inflection point – a period of disruptive changes that threaten its current way of doing business with no clear future path. The threats come from many directions but are manifesting themselves in the form of declining circulation, rising costs and downward revenue pressure. These trends show no sign of reversing themselves. The industry’s very survival is dependent
on its ability to reframe the way it does business, and find new ways to attract and keep customers. In this one-day regional workshop you can learn this powerful new approach firsthand. This project’s goal is to ensure that newspapers survive these disruptive times. Tuition is $195 per attendee. Register online at www.americanpressinstitute.org. This event is co-sponsored by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Arizona Newspapers Association. Study Newspaper Next’s report and recommendations on how to
restore growth in the newspaper industry. Gain a better understanding of the forces eroding the newspaper business, discover a new way to see and tap the vast realms of opportunity opening around us and learn a clear, practical process to unlock these opportunities with new products and services while minimizing cost and risk. The 2007 series of Newspaper Next regional workshops is underwritten by a generous grant from the McCormick Tribune Foundation. Grow your audience, bring in new business customers, and enable ongoing innovation in your organization. Register now!
Raising $$$ For NIE BY PAT OSO STATEWIDE NIE COORDINATOR
Funding for Newspapers In Education programs has become a greater challenge than ever. People and agencies seem to be contributing less to NIE as national and international disasters claim funding priority. What to do? The answer may lie in baby steps. Continue to do what newspapers do very well – market the program. People do not contribute to programs they don’t understand. Keep your NIE program in front of your readers on a weekly basis if not more often. You can also develop marketing ads that include the following: • Vacation donation reminders • A donation line on bills with a note that “x $ provides x students with newspapers per month” • Sponsor photos and statements about why he/she contributes to NIE • Teacher photos and statements about why he/she uses newspapers • Photos of students using the newspaper in local schools and quotes from students • Literacy statistics in Arizona (email Pat Oso for these statistics at p.oso@ananews.com) • Start an “Adopt A Class” program for your NIE program • Fundraisers to raise $$$ for NIE (i.e., Pet Idol, Block Ads, Taste of Home Cooking School, Gift Cards from local businesses, etc.) • Print an “NIE Activity for the Day” (download free NIE Activity Calendars from www.ananews.com - click on NIE to get them)
If you have other ideas to keep NIE in front of your readers, please send them to p.oso@ananews.com. Pat will share them via ANAgrams and thru the listserv function on ANA’s new members-only Web site. Don’t let NIE fall through the cracks! It is one of the best community services that newspapers can provide. Let your community know about the valuable service that you provide to local schools! When readers understand how much teachers count on newspapers, contributions begin to rise.
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ANA welcomes back the Arizona Informant News The Arizona Informant News is the oldest African American owned and operated major news publishing company in Arizona and is the newest member to join the Arizona Newspapers Association. “The Informant has been a member in the past, and we are happy to have them back,” said ANA Interim Executive Director Paula Casey. The Arizona Informant News is published weekly in both print and
online format and distributed in over 80 locations throughout Arizona. Since 1971, the Arizona Informant has provided an important voice for the Black community throughout the state. The family owned and operated newspaper continues to capture the attention of the Black community and others. Published every Wednesday, the Arizona Informant Newspaper is the only AfricanAmerican owned weekly newspaper in the state.
Boom time for online ad sales reps In the 1967 classic The Graduate, the Mr. McGuire distilled his career advice for the young Benjamin Braddock into one word: Plastics. Were he to corner young Ben in New York City today, he’d probably use three words: online ad sales. While it might seem as if any college grad should be able to sell space online, recruiters say it’s not that simple: In addition to bringing the right relationships, reps have to be conversant in tech-speak like RSS feeds and Ajax, and capable of conceiving new ideas that make creative use of widgets, gadgets, and a myriad of other online tools.
Hiring a sales director “is the single biggest challenge that we have faced,” says Dina Kaplan, cofounder of Blip.tv, a video-sharing site. Kaplan says she spends as much as six hours a day searching for the right person. She’s close to a hire “We’re trying to steal someone from a TV network,” she says - and may offer twice her own salary. Head-hunters say media companies are paying big bucks to hold on to their salespeople. Salaries plus commission at those firms can stretch beyond $400,000, according to Todd Zangrillo of technology executive search firm Barlow Group.
New Web site for young journalists A new Web site, created by a former Arizona Republic reporter, was recently ranked as the number one journalism job resource for soonto-be college graduates. CubReporters.org contains internship listings, jobs leads, fellowship opportunities, career advice and other features specifically geared towards young and early-career journalists. Even veteran journalists may find some of its features, such as the jobs page, useful. “A can’t miss guide to helping novices break into print journalism,” lauded Simcoe Reformer Associate Managing Editor Gregg McLachlan, who also is webmaster of the journalism Web site NewsCollege. The Society of News Design went one step further, ranking CubReporters.org as the top Web site for journalism rookies. In second place was the long-venerated JournalismJobs.com. Mark Grabowski launched the site in April 2007. Before becoming a journalism professor this fall at Monmouth University in New Jersey, he worked as a reporter for the Arizona Republic and Providence Journal.
“What separates CubReporters. org from other journalism Web sites is that it offers original content for young journalists that can’t be found anywhere else,” said the 30-year-old professor, who holds a law degree from Georgetown. “For example, this site features a lengthy list of major newspapers and magazines that routinely hire entry-level reporters, and it has a section that lists dozens of fellowships specifically geared towards young journalists.” The site already gets more than 10,000 page views a week. It has been mentioned in MediaBistro.com, Online Journalism Review, Quill and several publications. “Perhaps if I’d read this [Web site] 30 years ago, I might be editor of the New York Times by now,” said Ken Jost, Supreme Court Editor of CQ Press. “Too often, young journalists don’t have a road map with which to navigate the industry -- instead, they’re given gloomy assessments about the job market and then shoved out into it,” said J.T. Rushing, state capital bureau chief for the FloridaTimes Union.
Fixing fonts, settings and other design dilemmas BY KEVIN SLIMP INSTITUTE OF NEWSPAPER TECHNOLOGY
While traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast and back three times over the past three weeks, I’ve noticed a significant increase in the amount of e-mail I receive from readers of this column. Trying to answer the dozens of questions I get each day can become overwhelming, but I try. With this in mind, it seems like a good time to answer a few questions that seem to come up the most: From Perri in Arizona: I have thousands of photos that I can’t ever seem to keep track of. I was wondering if there was a specific photo cataloging software that you could recommend? If money is no object, there are several options for you, Perri. But for us mere mortals that live in a budget conscious world, I’d recommend Extensis Portfolio. For under $300, you will have a topnotch asset management application that will keep track of your photos as well as other files. From Bob in Tennessee: I have a color separation question in InDesign CS2. I have a color logo that was scanned into Photoshop. I purposely divided it into black & magenta to get everything on only 2 sheets for me to use in our print shop. My black separation prints out perfectly, but the magenta separation also has the black part of the logo printing on it. No matter what adjustment I seem to make to the logo in Photoshop, I still get the black parts showing up on both the black and magenta plates. Any clues? This was a Photoshop issue. I asked Bob to send me the logo and sure enough the black was overprinting the magenta. I simply selected and copied everything on the black plate, then went to the magenta plate and hit my delete key. This created a “knockout” in the magenta plate. Bob tells me the file worked perfectly after making
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the change. From Amy in New Hampshire: When you make an ad in Photoshop CS2 how can you make sure the text will not come out screened and jagged when printing to film? There is a simple answer to Amy’s dilemma. When using small text in Photoshop, the file should be saved as an EPS file. Be sure to check the box marked “Include Vector Data” when saving the file in Photoshop. This saves the text as vector data, rather than pixel data, much like InDesign or QuarkXPress. From Nancy in Saskatchewan: How should the paper option and dot gain be set in Photoshop’s color settings? How about separation type, black ink limit and total ink limit? There are no “set” answers to these questions, Nancy. However, these are some safe settings that usually generate much better results than Photoshop’s default settings. Select Newsprint (SWOP) as your paper type. Set the dot gain to 34% and the separation type to UCR. Try setting the black ink limit to 85% and the color ink limit to 255%. These should work out well for you. From Shelly in North Dakota: I created a page in InDesign and sent to our printer as a PDF, A font came out wrong when it was printed. Any idea what would cause this? Shelly’s problem was related to her settings in Acrobat Distiller. In the fonts area of the Distiller settings, there is a place to instruct Distiller never to embed certain fonts. This should be empty, by the way. You guessed it, the off ending font was in Shelly’s list of fonts never to embed. Once again, my work is done. Send your technical questions to kevin@kevinslimp.com.
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Economy Reporter
The Arizona Republic is looking for a reporter who can look at numbers -- but see people and reallife stories. The Business Center has an opening on the economy beat, which focuses on the trends in, and health of, the Arizona economy. The beat writer also must cover national and global economic developments and how they touch both business people and consumers here. The beat is broad, but we’re looking for a reporter who can drill narrow and deep and tell stories -- about workforce issues, employment trends and more, using all our multimedia tools and storytelling styles and platforms. Expertise in database reporting is a plus. For more information, contact Kathy Tulumello at (602) 444-8002. (Oct. 1)
Editor
The Arizona Capitol Times, the award-winning weekly political and legislative newspaper serving the Capitol community, is seeking an editor to lead its newsroom. As editor you will be responsible for leading a talented news team to produce a variety of top-notch, must-read print and online news services. We’re seeking an individual who is a proven leader with exceptional writing, editing and management skills and a keen understanding of changing readership needs. The editor is also expected to be visible in the community. Arizona Capitol Times is part of Dolan Media Company (www.dolanmedia.com), a leading business and law publisher. We offer great benefits and a great working environment. To apply, e-mail your cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: ginger.lamb@ azcapitoltimes.com. (Sep. 27)
Page Designer Full-time opportunity in Editorial Department, for a hard working, energetic person, who is not afraid to step-up to the challenge and learn new things. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing pages, including section fronts, and writing headlines in Sun publications. Our candidate must have either a Bachelor’s degree in journalism or English or an equivalent education. Related work experience is also desirable, along with the ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instruction in English. The candidate must also be able to handle all tools of
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Reporter
General assignment reporter wanted to work in fast-growing border town. Come experience a true bi-cultural, bilingual community. This is a progressive award-winning 82-year-old newspaper featuring gutsy yet community oriented reporting. We publish twice weekly. We also publish the Weekly Bulletin, which serves a small rural ranching community and Mi Tierra, a newly launched Spanish supplement.Our Web site is continuously evolving to compliment our printed editions. E-mail resumes to manuel.coppola@ nogalesinternational.com (Sep. 25) Marketing and Events Manager. Arizona Capitol Times/Arizona News Service seeks dynamic, creative individual to join our team. You will head up circulation and circulation marketing efforts, reprint service, coordinate trade shows, handle some community outreach, consolidate internal and external marketing campaigns, and coordinate and execute special events including Leaders of the Year in Public Policy awards luncheon. Bachelors degree in communications, advertising or related field and 1-2 years of experience preferably in a newspaper setting. Salary includes excellent base and bonus opportunities. E-mail cover letter and resume to ginger.lamb@ azcapitoltimes.com. (Sep. 19)
Director
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is seeking a Director of the Stardust
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High School Journalism Program, a new grant-funded program to establish journalism newsrooms in underserved high schools in Arizona. The director will work with selected high schools to plan and install multimedia newsrooms that give students the opportunity to practice and publish in print, online and broadcast. The director will provide training and curriculum support for teachers and students. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and professional journalism experience in daily newspapers and/or broadcast news. The ideal candidate will have experience working with student journalists and high school publications. Conversational Spanish desired, but not required. Apply online at: www.asu. edu/asujobs under Job ID 12609. (Sep. 19)
Layout and Design
Seeking someone creative who works well in a fast-paced department. InDesign expertise required. Send resume and cover letter to becky@jewishaz.com. (Sep. 19)
Editor
The Arizona Daily Star is seeking an Editor for its weekly Spanish language publication, La Estrella this publication reaches some 37,000 Spanish speaking households in southern Arizona. The Editor is responsible for all aspects of the publication and related special sections. The Editor is also responsible for preparing and tracking department budgets and focusing efforts on increasing readership and circulation. The qualified candidate will have Bachelors degree or equivalent in Graphic art/design or equivalent with a minimum of 2 - 4 years experience in print media. Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be proficient in MS Office suite as well as Adobe Illustrator, Freehand and Acrobat on a Mac platform. Must be fluent in written and spoken Spanish. Contact Betsy Stuetze at (520) 807-8402 for more information. (Sep. 7)
October 7-13, 2007 • National Newspaper Week October 26, 2007 • NewspaperNext Workshop - Arizona State University, Tempe November 12, 2007 • Cronkite Luncheon 11:30 a.m. - Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, Phoenix
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